[2] And I got a girdle accoding to the word of the Lord, and put it about my loins.
Et possedi lumbare, juxta verbum Domini, et posui circa lumbos meos.

[3] And the word of the Lord came to me the second time, saying:
Et factus est sermo Domini ad me secundo, dicens :

[4] Take the girdle which thou hast got, which is about thy loins, and arise, and go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.
Tolle lumbare quod possedisti, quod est circa lumbos tuos : et surgens vade ad Euphraten, et absconde ibi illud in foramine petrae.

[5] And I went, and hid it by the Euphrates, as the Lord had commanded me.
Et abii, et abscondi illud in Euphrate, sicut praeceperat mihi Dominus.

[6] And it came to pass after many days, that the Lord said to me: Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take from thence the girdle, which I commanded thee to hide there.
Et factum est post dies plurimos, dixit Dominus ad me : Surge, vade ad Euphraten, et tolle inde lumbare quod praecepi tibi ut absconderes illud ibi.

[7] And I went to the Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle out of the place where I had hid it: and behold the girdle was rotten, so that it was fit for no use.
Et abii ad Euphraten, et fodi, et tuli lumbare de loco ubi absconderam illud : et ecce computruerat lumbare, ita ut nulli usui aptum esset.

[8] And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
Et factum est verbum Domini ad me, dicens :

[9] Thus saith the Lord: after this manner will I make the pride of Juda, and the great pride of Jerusalem to rot.
Haec dicit Dominus : Sic putrescere faciam superbiam Juda, et superbiam Jerusalem multam :

[10] This wicked people, that will not hear my words, and that walk in the perverseness of their heart, and have gone after strange gods to serve them, and to adore them: and they shall be as this girdle which is fit for no use.
populum istum pessimum qui nolunt audire verba mea, et ambulant in pravitate cordis sui, abieruntque post deos alienos ut servirent eis et adorarent eos : et erunt sicut lumbare istud, quod nulli usui aptum est.

[11] For as the girdle sticketh close to the loins of a man, so have I brought close to me all of the house of Israel, and all the house of Juda, saith the Lord: that they might be my people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.
Sicut enim adhaeret lumbare ad lumbos viri, sic agglutinavi mihi omnem domum Israel, et omnem domum Juda, dicit Dominus, ut essent mihi in populum, et in nomen, et in laudem, et in gloriam, et non audierunt.

[13] And thou shalt say to them: Thus saith the Lord: Behold I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, and the kings of the race of David that sit upon his throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. with drunkenness.
Et dices ad eos : Haec dicit Dominus : Ecce ego implebo omnes habitatores terrae hujus, et reges qui sedent de stirpe David super thronum ejus, et sacerdotes, et prophetas, et omnes habitatores Jerusalem, ebrietate.

[14] And I will scatter them every man from his brother, and fathers and sons in like manner, saith the Lord: I will not spare, and I will not pardon: nor will I have mercy, but to destroy them.
Et dispergam eos virum a fratre suo, et patres et filios pariter, ait Dominus. Non parcam, et non concedam : neque miserebor, ut non disperdam eos.

[16] Give ye glory to the Lord your God, before it be dark, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains: you shall look for light, and he will turn it into the shadow of death, and into darkness.
Date Domino Deo vestro gloriam antequam contenebrescat, et antequam offendant pedes vestri ad montes caliginosos : exspectabitis lucem, et ponet eam in umbram mortis, et in caliginem.

[18] Say to the king, and to the queen: Humble yourselves, sit down: for the crown of your glory is come down from your head.
Dic regi et dominatrici : Humiliamini, sedete, quoniam descendit de capite vestro corona gloriae vestrae.

[19] The cities of the south are shut up, and there is none to open them: all Juda is carried away captive with an entire captivity.
Civitates austri clausae sunt, et non est qui aperiat. Translata est omnis Juda transmigratione perfecta.

[23] If the Ethiopian can change his skin, or the leopard his spots: you may also do well, when you have learned evil.
Si mutare potest Aethiops pellem suam, aut pardus varietates suas, et vos poteritis bene facere, cum didiceritis malum.

[24] And I will scatter them as stubble, which is carried away by the wind in the desert.
Et disseminabo eos quasi stipulam quae vento raptatur in deserto.